"What about the Fire Dragon Heaven-Burning Force? Is your father ready?"
Lu Ren asked curiously.
"I'm not sure either. To fuse with the Primordial Battle Body, he needs to open a Battle Realm within himself and prepare all kinds of pills. It's a long process, not something he can finish quickly!"
Qiu Yaoyao shook her head.
"I'm afraid something might go wrong in the meantime!"
Lu Ren frowned.
"My father has sent three deputy manor lords to guard him. Unless a Dao-Controlling Realm expert discovers him, nothing should go wrong!"
Qiu Yaoyao said.
"Then I'm relieved!"
Lu Ren said.
"Lu Ren, I didn't expect you to care so much about whether my father refines the Fire Dragon Heaven-Burning Force!"
Qiu Yaoyao smiled, pressing her lips together.
"Yao Yao, I'm a commander of Heaven-Prison Manor now. Of course I want the manor lord to grow stronger!"
Lu Ren said.
Qiu Yaoyao took a few light steps toward Lu Ren.
She looked up at his face. Her usual arrogance and sharpness had fallen away, replaced by a tenderness as soft as water.
"Lu Ren."
She spoke softly, heartfelt gratitude in her voice. "Thank you... Ever since you joined Heaven-Prison Manor, everything has changed. You drove the Blood-Heaven Bone-Eroding Qi from my body, resolved the crisis in the Myriad Severance Mystic Realm, and now you've even discovered the Fire Dragon Heaven-Burning Force... You've done so much for Heaven-Prison Manor."
Lu Ren smiled. "Yao Yao, you're overstating it. Now that I've joined Heaven-Prison Manor, I'm one of its people. Serving the manor and contributing—"
Before he could finish, Qiu Yaoyao rose onto her toes and, quick as thunder before anyone could cover their ears, brushed a kiss across his lips.
The soft, warm touch vanished in an instant, yet it struck Lu Ren's mind